Smiling patients and “Stunning” survival rates  with heart transplantation !

Heart transplantation  as a treatment modality was conceptualized  by Christian Barnard in 1967 . Still considered as an  “Act of God” this  surgery is regularly performed worldwide by dedicated  transplant team consisting of cardiac surgeon , physician , Anesthetist , pathologist and others .Unlike other organs , heart transplant cannot have a “live donor” .Though  started  half a century ago, the real  pace has  picked up only in last 2 decades .Currently it is  “globally accepted  standard” intervention in terminal cardiac failure (Including pediatric heart conditions) How are the survival rates ? Now, many centers  are able to reach the  bench mark Stanford- statistical rates with a consistent  five  year survival rate crossing   75% . The median survival rates is 10.5 years One of the estimate indicate , If they cross first year, median survival reach 13.5 years There has been many living survivors who have  crossed 30  years. Looking at these numbers  , there is dramatic impact  in terms of global disease burden and the life gained.Statistically  speaking  successful treatment by heart transplant is equivalent to overwhelming  many  cancers in a human body ! Can these  results reproducible in all centers ? These excellent outcome is  the reward to highly dedicated teams with  pioneering work cu...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Heart transplantation longest survivor with heart transplant survival with heart transplantation Source Type: blogs